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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A' Stand March 21, 1974 The Utah Independent Page 9 TWILIGHT FOR AMERICAN MINING Department of Agriculture, was so nutned by the Agriculture Appropriation Act of 1906 and administers about ISO National" Forests covering more than 180 million acres in 39 states and Puerto Rico. Beginning with a single area in Wyoming in 1891, the National Forests have expanded to the present time. Today, private land comprises approximately 20 of the National Forests as they continue in their expansion. In the Forest Services new regulations for prospecting and mining is what may be considered the key paragraph. See 2S2.16. Appeals, Item F: A plan of operations would have to be Filed' within 20 days after proposed regulations are adopted. Miners or prospectors who objected to the decision of the Forest Supervisor could appeal to the Regional Forester, whose decision would be final. . the act at all. Regarding mineral prices and constantly developing technology, we see the Forest Service playing forecasters of the market and forecasters of technology. Notice how this section 252.7, Item D applies when referring back to strategy against mining. Item 3. I hope it is understood that the Forest Service continues to . non-negotia- and development systems, techniques and equipment, and with respect to the relative values of the minerals. In deciding whether or not to approve an operation even though it may already be in existence, the . Forest Service joins . They that buy an office must sell something. -- Thomas Fuller , OUNCE 999 FINE SILVER es. WANTED A FEW GOOD REPRESENTATIVES Qualifications 1. Knowledge of Economic Conditions 2. Desire to help people. 3. Belief in future of America CALL OR SEND RESUME AMERICAN PRECIOUS METALS 341 East 2100 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 9 (801) 487-465- ble relation to them. We see in many cases the Forest Service using ecological extremism as a justification to alter, stifle, or halt rational responsible free enterprise development of the public domain in the National Forests. Environmental extremists are willing to ignore the economic implications of their schemes, but the economic and strategic requirements of this Nation must be taken into consideration. is very Although - ecology popular at the present time, the Forest Service appears to be taking advantage of it, including its radical tangents in this attempt to grab illegitimate power via the new regulations. 1 encourage everyone to obtain a copy of the new regulations and to study them in their entirety and consider them as a replacement for the workable, working system we now have. You will find that in reality they are not designed to coexist with mining but rather, in effect, will strangle it. Even though these new regulations are directed at the individual prospector and small operator to a great extent, no one I know in' this category has been advised by the Forest Service of the these new regulations. Department of the Interior in Consequently, many and perhaps making geologic, mineralogic, and the vast majority of these mining engineering decisions in individuals havent . even heard order to decide if the effort- is about the new regulations. justified based on the value of the Evidently, the Forest Service feels minerals which, of course, are a 'this is as it should be. The market item with a fluctuating prospectors and smaller operators is supply, demand and price. are not aware of what happening Evidently, the Bureau of Mines' .and, consequently, are not aware and its expertise doesnt get into that they have the privilege of - Henry Kissinger is lying in State. And we would be better off if all of our State Department had been lying in State for the past 30 years. ONE TROY ed acres. I have touched on only a few of the problems confronting mining in the West and just a few points in the new regulations. It is too bad that more of thegeneral public hasn't been exposed to the contents of these new regulations including the free enterprise point of view in r exploration VS . . special making a response. Since the Forest Service files contain names and addresses of innumerable small operators, etc., it is my opinion that to sneak these new regulations through without advising at least some of the people who will be hurt worst is basic, rudimentary dishonesty. ( know there are ethical, moral people in the Forest Service who , 1" personal freedom as did that public domain within the our founding fathers, people who National Forests is no place for believe in the virtue of a free free enterprise even though enterprise system. I think some of portions of these these people are becoming more National Forests in the timber, conscious of the ulterior motives of recreation and scenic sense are not the Forest Service. Perhaps some forests at all. will elect to leave the of them The Forest Service lists: Forest Service for some other area Alternatives to the Proposed of civil service or even a position in Action (1) Continue the current the free enterprise system. Only mode of persuasion with mining thev know what they see when they claimant to keep necessary surface i0ok in the mirror. use and disturbance at a We see ourselves moving into the minimum. M,neral Shorta8c Cn5,s a"d our Note that they mention only " forel8n persuasion and neglect (1) mi1eral deP?nden to nadons grow. Yet. continuing harassment. (2) intimidation and the attacc on American mining, (3) lawsuits The Forest Service response to cvm b thc government itself, goes on and on. Alternative (1) is, and 1 quote: The f,x.- - evidently, is on at the Alternative (1) is no longer acceptable since protection of the top. environment is provided by only D. A. Jones Jr. the more responsible mining 69 East 700 South claimants. 84111 Alternative (1) never was Salt Lake City, Utah acceptable to the Forest Service EXPOSE YOUR because it doesnt provide the FRIENDS Forest Service with the absolute, authority it desires to the Utah Independent the power to shut, down all 20 Assorted Back Issues mining operations on 140 million so-call- 1 . Its interesting to note that the Forest Service doesnt refer to mining firms; they are referring to individuals, the little guys, the blood, sweat and tears segment of mining. It is obvious to whom they are talking. More importantly, they are saying that their new regulations make the Regional Forester absolute dictator of mining on approximately 140 million acres of the public domain. Refer, back to strategy against mining. Item 1. This is not the Bureau of Mines or even the 'Department of the Interior; the with dictatorial administrator powers over mining comes from, of all places, the Department of Agriculture. Since the decision of the Regional Forester is final, the prudent man test concept becomes irrelevent, and there is no recourse through the courts of the land. Another key statement in the is 252. 1 5 new regulations Performance Bonds: u...a performance bond in a minimum amount of $2,000 will be required prior to approval... This $2,000 is only a minimum. The average starting bond may be in the area of $200,000 and the decision of the Regional Forester will be final, There are many individuals that America needs to keep on the public domain as prospectors and small operators who can't handle the additional burden of a $2,000 bond any more than they could handle the $200,000 bond. Refer back to strategy against mining. Item 2. 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